General Discussion

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)

35. Is 'articulate' racist?

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 09:10 PM

Mar 2015

No, not by itself but contextually when it's used as one of the first adjectives to describe an African-American it most certainly has been used with the connotation of "unlike most of them."

So, look at that list and ask yourself if when they're applied to certain women if there may be a similar subtext, only in her case highlighting the negative ways she's not like most of us.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

56 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Is 'polarizing' a sexist word? It is acording to Hillary super supporter group [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

So, simply because HRC is female, we're not supposed to use words that describe her? winter is coming Mar 2015 #1

Well, do we see "all" these words often applied to male politicians? leftofcool Mar 2015 #2

Yep! (But they're usually Republicans. :) ) TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #4

Only to to polarizing, calculating ones. morningfog Mar 2015 #6

+1 PassingFair Mar 2015 #9

I've seen all of these applied to both male and female public figures Bettie Mar 2015 #16

If "insincere" is sexist, I'm going to need a new dictionary to describe republicans arcane1 Mar 2015 #3

This is getting well beyond pathetic. hifiguy Mar 2015 #5

Those words rjj621 Mar 2015 #7

I don't know if I'd called it "sexist" exactly, thucythucy Mar 2015 #8

When "super supporters" are desperate to protect OnyxCollie Mar 2015 #10

+1 woo me with science Mar 2015 #56

I'm still waiting for her to deny her husband's racist comments on Obama LittleBlue Mar 2015 #11

Isn't the "fairy tale" a reference to Obama's position on the invasion of Iraq? arcane1 Mar 2015 #14

I think the "servant" part comes from his "coffee" remark to Kennedy. former9thward Mar 2015 #28

so if I said: guillaumeb Mar 2015 #12

I guess it depends if Bush had a legion of super supporters. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #17

glad you did not say what type of supporters guillaumeb Mar 2015 #39

in context i can see how things like this could be sexist JI7 Mar 2015 #13

This happens when one becomes sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #15

Ted Cruz is polarizing, isn't he? Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #18

Here's their Twitter page Oilwellian Mar 2015 #19

"...the sexist pigs at @MotherJones"? foo_bar Mar 2015 #38

It probably depends on context gollygee Mar 2015 #20

What a &^*#$% insult to the genuine fight against sexism and misogyny. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #21

No wonder some of her supporters go into a tizzy every time Warren's name comes up. winter is coming Mar 2015 #22

Indeed it would. hifiguy Mar 2015 #23

It's from her 2008 playbook. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #52

this vocabulary list Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #53

Apparently any criticism whatsoever of Hillary is sexist. octoberlib Mar 2015 #24

Are we sure these "HRC Super Volunteers" are actually Hillary supporters? winter is coming Mar 2015 #25

There's a good possibility. It's just too stupid. octoberlib Mar 2015 #26

That was my first reaction, but it appears to be legit. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #45

This happens often, especially when writers doesn't have others interesting to describe people Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #27

And This Is The Person We're Supposed To Support ??? WillyT Mar 2015 #29

She didn't say this gollygee Mar 2015 #30

Then Maybe She Ought To Denounce It... WillyT Mar 2015 #31

Publicly denounce everything any supporter says about her? gollygee Mar 2015 #34

Question: Has It Been Polarizing To Have A Black President ??? WillyT Mar 2015 #36

If various media sources kept saying during the election that it would be polarizing gollygee Mar 2015 #37

Silly. H2O Man Mar 2015 #32

Let them take issue with the word inevitable. Half her supporters will betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #33

Is 'articulate' racist? Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #35

What a big pile of steaming Jenoch Mar 2015 #40

Fuck those morons. Bring it motherfuckers, nobody is intimidated by those twits. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #41

Mitt Romney: polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over RiverLover Mar 2015 #42

Looks like one guy named John West was the source of this suffragette Mar 2015 #43

They're definitely right about ambitious and over confident... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #44

The Twitter feed is an obvious attempt at trolling. Gore1FL Mar 2015 #46

I thought that as well Oilwellian Mar 2015 #48

I wouldn't say so. But it's s tweet, so who cares? bettyellen Mar 2015 #47

Please explain how this differs from Rick Scott banning the words "climate change" hatrack Mar 2015 #49

Good luck with that. LiberalAndProud Mar 2015 #50

"polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over confident.. DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #51

This is getting ridiculous. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #54

Clearly presenting a strong case for the candidate Scootaloo Mar 2015 #55